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17-1285: This article is about the given name. For the automobile, see Saab Catherina . Catherina is a feminine given name . Notable people with the name include: Dona Catherina of Kandy (died 1613), ruling Queen of Kandy in 1581 Catherina Boevey (1669–1726), English philanthropist Catherina "Kitty" Wilhelmina Geisow (1876-1958), New Zealand painter Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch , (1785–1858), Austrian pianist and composer Catherina Heß (born 1985), German actress Catherina McKiernan (born 1969), Irish long-distance runner Catherina van Holland ( c. 1280–1328), bastard child of Floris V, Count of Holland See also [ edit ] Catarina (disambiguation) Catharina (disambiguation) Catharine (disambiguation) Catherine (disambiguation) Catrina (disambiguation) Catrine Catriona Katarina (disambiguation) Katarzyna Katharina Katharine Katherina (disambiguation) Katherine Katrina (disambiguation) Katryna Cate Cathy (disambiguation) Kate (disambiguation) Kasia (disambiguation) Kathy Katy (disambiguation) Kaja [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share

34-777: A car overturns. As a result, manufacturers adopted Targa tops or T-tops . As Porsche helped to popularise this body style, they took out a trademark for the Targa name and manufacturers sought for alternative names for their removable tops. Porsche got the name "Targa" from the Targa Florio , the road race in Sicily where Porsche was very successful. Targa means "plate" (or placard) in Italian. Targa and T-top numbers have slowly declined as manufacturers discontinued them in favour of full convertibles with retractable hardtops and folding metal roofs such as

51-530: A similar system, defined by Triumph as a surrey top. The 1964 SAAB Catherina prototype and the 1965 Toyota Sports 800 both used similar systems before the 1967 Porsche 911 Targa. The targa style roof opening became popular in the 1960s and 1970s, when there were fears that the Department of Transportation (DOT) in the United States would ban convertibles, due to concerns over the safety of occupants when

68-545: A solid, non-removable bar running between the top of the windscreen and the rear roll-bar, and generally have two separate roof panels above the seats that fit between the window and central t-bar. The word targa first came into use from the 1965 Porsche 911 Targa, though it was not the first to use the removable roof panel system. The system first appeared in 1957 on the limited-production Fiat 1200 "Wonderful" by Vignale , designed by Giovanni Michelotti . The later Triumph TR4 from 1961, another Michelotti design, also featured

85-425: Is a physically separate piece that itself is mechanized to lift off of its vertical supports in order to allow the solid roof panel and its motorized components to slide rearwards as the panel is being stored within the car. Ferrari introduced a hybrid variation of the targa roof and folding metal roof with the 180 degree rotating roof featured on the 2005 Ferrari Superamerica designed by Leonardo Fioravanti , which

102-668: The Malmö Flygindustri (MFI) and Saab chose it as a basis for its sports car, the Saab Sonett II . The Catherina ended up on display in the SAAB museum in Trollhättan , but Sason used some of the design cues previewed in the Catherina in his later design, the mass-market Saab 99 . In each book and newspaper article since the 60's this prototype has been referred to as 'Catherina', but

119-530: The Mercedes-Benz SLK , and by better structural engineering with pop-up roll-over bars behind the seats and front roll-over bars incorporated into the front windscreen . The year 1996 saw the debut of a retractable glass roof in the Porsche 993 Targa , a design continued on the 996 and 997 Targa . The glass roof retracted underneath the rear window revealing a large opening. A shade was there to help prevent

136-400: The greenhouse effect of the closed roof. This system was a complete redesign, as previous Targa models had a removable roof section and a wide B-pillar functioning as a roll bar. The new glass roof design allowed the 993 Targa to retain nearly the same side-on profile as the other 911 Carrera variants and eliminated the inconvenience of storing the removed top of the old system. The Targa had

153-440: The Catherina utilised many components of the contemporary Saab 96 and shared the same wheelbase, which was longer than the finally accepted design. Its unique feature was its targa top , which could be stowed in the luggage compartment of the car. Stemming from the design of an integral ' roll bar ', it was still a new concept in the automotive industry, preceding the 1966 Porsche 911 Targa , which popularized it (and established

170-504: The body of the Cabriolet with the Targa glass roof replacing the fabric roof. The 911 Targa continued with the all-new 996-model and gained a lifting hatchback glass window. This, in turn, was used on the later 997 model of 911. With the introduction and production of the latest two generations of 911, the Type 991 and 992 , Porsche decided to take the Targa in a different direction from that of

187-458: The document from ASJs archive where Sixten Sason suggested the name of the car, it states Catharina . The same name is also found on the original name badge on the dashboard that since 2008 once again was re-fitted to the car at the Saab museum. Targa top Targa top , or targa for short, is a semi- convertible car body style with a removable roof section and a full-width roll bar behind

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204-406: The name). Sason also designed some other unusual features for the Catherina, such as the roof-mounted headlamps (for longer range), which were not included in the prototype because of the need to make the car fit for mass production. After test drives on the prototype it was concluded that some more development work was needed. Meanwhile, another prototype, known as Saab MFI13 , was prepared by

221-424: The previous water-cooled Type 996/997 cars. The latest Targas were introduced in 2013 and 2019, and unlike the Type 993/996/997 Targas, the newer cars have somewhat returned to their earliest Targa roots by utilizing a solid roof panel spanning over the front seats. However unlike the manual lift-out panels of earlier 911s, the Type 991 and 992 Targa's roof panels are mechanized for automated lift-away and storage under

238-414: The rear glass roof, which itself is mechanized to lift up and out of the way as the roof panel is placed into its stowed position. The Type 991 Targa also brought back the styling feature of the 'Targa bar' that was perhaps the most obvious and overt design cue of the air-cooled generation Targas. But unlike the previous Targa hoops, the one used on the Type 991 is in sections, where the horizontal span member

255-480: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherina&oldid=1258137370 " Categories : Given names Feminine given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Saab Catherina Sason, who

272-496: The seats. The term was first used on the 1966 Porsche 911 Targa, and it remains a registered trademark of Porsche AG . The rear window is normally fixed, but on some targa models, it is a removable plastic foldable window, making it a convertible-type vehicle. Any piece of normally fixed metal or trim which rises up from one side, over the roof and down the other side is sometimes called a targa band, targa bar, or wrapover band. Targa tops are different from T-tops , which have

289-654: Was working as a freelancer for Saab, made some drawings of a small sports coupé in the early 1960s. As Saab was planning to introduce a sports car model, the company commissioned him to adopt the design for mass production. The project began in January 1963 and in May the assembly of the prototype started at the ASJ. The prototype was first displayed, however, only on 24 April 1965, at the Linköping Sports Centre. For economy reasons,

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